Staff members who fought childhood lead exposure and those who worked on cancer clusters were among those fired from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a now former employee told The Hill. The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was cut, according to one person who was...
Former Vice President Mike Pence warned about the economic and political risks of the Trump administration’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs on other nations, calling them the “largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history.” Pence, who served alongside President Trump during his first term, posted on the social platform X following Wednesday’s announcement that the tariffs “are...
Humans are not the only species to combine concepts to build more complex meaning, a new study found. Bonobo chimpanzees combine calls in a manner similar to how humans structure words to make phrases and sentences, according to findings published on Thursday in the journal Science. The pygmy chimpanzees “seem to combine calls to convey meaning that...
Donald Trump may attempt to run for a third term in 2028 by endorsing a loyalist GOP ticket for president and vice president, winning back the House, and becoming Speaker, or by refusing to accept electoral defeat and imposing martial law or a military coup.
The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a "massive" anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The spring garden tours that were scheduled for Saturday have been pushed a day later, to Sunday, the White House announced Thursday. "This decision has been made out...
Senate Democrats in a Wednesday letter criticized the Trump administration’s response to a recent earthquake in Myanmar that left thousands dead. “We write with urgent concerns about the lagging U.S. response to the devastating earthquake that struck Burma and neighboring Thailand on March 28, 2025,” the senators wrote in their letter, using an alternative name...
China is "heavily investing" in both ground-based and space-based weapons that could knock out U.S. satellites, according to Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman.
California gubernatorial candidate and former Health and Human Service Secretary Xavier Becerra said that the state may need to rein in the state’s Medicaid program.